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6. How long was the wire fence that became the Berlin Wall?
- 40 miles
- 30 miles
- 20 miles
- 50 miles
7. Who said "In our day there are only two ways, peaceful coexistence or the most destructive war in our history"?
- Dwight Eisenhower
- Josef Stalin
- Nikita Khrushchev
- Harry Truman
8. Why did Khrushchev reject the 'Open Skies' proposal?
- He was worried about what they might find
- USSR had no plane to compare to USA's U-2
- He was angry that the USA had been spying
- He had no representatives to be in the planes
9. Why did the USA not like the launch of Sputnik in 1957?
- Eastern European states had to pay for it
- USA wanted to do it first
- They thought it meant the USSR had superiority in long-range missiles
- USA said USSR had no right to launch it
10. What was the outcome of the Geneva summit 1955?
- No real outcome
- Reduction in arms
- Open skies implemented
- Freedom for Germany